GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| engender | beget |
| spare | not being used |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |